John Rumley

Former Police Officer

December 23, 1991

John J. Rumley, 70, a Wethersfield resident and a former Hartford police officer, died Saturday after a long illness.

Born in Hartford, Mr. Rumley moved to Wethersfield in 1959. Before retiring, he had been a police officer in Hartford for 25 years. He later was affiliated with the security department at the University of Hartford.

An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the Hartford Police and Fire Association, the Connecticut State Police Association and the Hartford Police Veterans Association.

A member of Corpus Christi Church, he had also been actively involved as a pitcher with the Twilight Baseball League for several years.

Besides his wife, Ruth Rumley, he leaves a son, Mark J. Rumley of Wethersfield; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Knight of Rye, N.H.; a brother, William W. Rumley of Wethersfield; two sisters, Mary R. Costello of Wethersfield and Harriet E. Oliveira of East Hartford; and two grandchildren.